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21-14 Pittsburgh Press, May 16, 1980 Iran Sanctions Near, Plot Claims Mount Hi Is I ft- ft it- 4 i But Carter, who is virtually assured of having the delegates necessary for the nomination, isn't interested. Deputy press secretary Rex Granum said Carter's opposition to a debate this late in the campaign "remains unchanged." Kennedy, speaking in Los Angeles, said he wanted to debate Carter before June 3, when eight states, including delegate-rich California, New Jersey and Ohio, hold Democratic primaries to pick nearly 700 delegates. "If he agrees, then the final primaries Instead, he said, "Kabul has proposed talks with us at the Islamic conference. "But we believe that so long as the Russian army is in Afghanistan the present government in Afghnistan cannot talk on behalf of the people of that country," Ghotbzadeh said. The Soviet-backed Kabul regime Wednesday offered to start negotiations with Iran and Pakistan on setting a timetable for the withdrawal of the estimated 85,000 Russian troops now in Afhanistan.

But it stipulated that any Soviet withdrawal would have to be accompanied by U.S. guarantees not to carry out "subversive activities" against Afghanistan. Pakistan rejected the proposal yesterday. Muskie's Soviet View Is xTough' vnnTC rmi mmniww Secretary of State Edmund Muskie adopted a tough no-nonsense stance today for his first encounter with veteran Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Vienna, Austria, insisting Moscow must make the first move to normalize its strained relations with Washington. The newly appointed Muskie said his showdown with Gromyko, his first real test in international diplomacy, would be like a "diplomatic pirouette," but he hoped there would be at least "some harmony." Arriving in Vienna today, Gromyko refused to say anything about his meeting with Muskie.

The meeting, against a backdrop of the 25th anniversary of Austrian sovereignty, was the first direct U.S.-Soviet confrontation since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan five months ago, and Muskie said he intended to make it clear that withdrawal of the 85,000 occupation forces was essential before the two sides can talk about their differences. The former Maine senator said the Soviets alone are responsible for the non-ratification of the strategic arms limitations agreement Muskie wis to leave for the United States right after the talks, bnt VS. officials said he might be delayed by extended talks, especially as Gromyko wants to discuss Afghanistan in particular and East-West relations in general Muskie has rejected Moscow's latest proposal for withdrawal from a neutral Afghanistan in return far miarantoM nf tw 141 1 fencing team at Clemson University, and runs and lifts weights as a hobby. Meanwhile, readers of Playgirl magazine voted Los Angeles building contractor Bill Davidson, 25, their Man of the Year. THE WINNERS Shawn Weatherly from Sumner, S.C, is the new Miss USA.

Miss Weatherly, 20, was chosen at the Biloxi, pageant last night. An aspiring model, Miss Weatherly is a member of the women's Carter Rejects Ted's Debate Challenge TEHRAN, Iran (UPI) With a deadline by America's European and Japanese allies to impost economic sanctions because of the hostage crisis one day away, Iranians are being warned of U.S.-led plots to topple the Islamic regime. The Jomhouri EsUmi newspaper, organ of the Moslem fundamentalist group that now controls Iraa's parliament, said yesterday a Western alliance combining the United States, Britain, Israel and the "fifth column" in Iran was planning to stage a coup in the name of defending the Islamic revolution. The Bamdad newspaper said generals of the deposed shah bad gathered in Iraq for the same purpose and warned their plot "may cause terrible damage to the world." President Abolhassiin Bani-Sadr went today to the northwest Iranian city of Tabriz, where some of the 53 American hostages held for 195 days are now said to be, as part of his campaign to warn Iranians against "foreign plots." He has charged that 96 Americans and 19 Iranian sympathizers were already in the country on a wide-scale assassination and sabotage mission. The state media today ignored the imminent threat of a trade embargo by Japan and the European Economic Community against Iran.

But a lower ranking official said the effects of any EEC economic sanctions would be offset by hundreds of international companies and Communist bloc countries. Shojaeddin Fattahi, foreign trade undersecretary in the Commerce Ministry, said Iran bad an import bill of $12 billion a year, as compared with $16 billion to $18 billion during the shah's time. He said hundreds of international companies had pledged to supply Iran with all its needs, including American-made spare parts for machinery used in the country. Last month, the EEC and Japan agreed to impose economic sanctions against Iran if no progress was made in resolving the hostage crisis by May 17 -Saturday. In another development, Iranian Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh said today Iran will not negotiate with the government of neighboring Afghanistan until Soviet troops withdrew from Afghan territory.

Before leaving for the Islamic foreign ministers' conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, Ghotbzadeh said Afghanistan has not approached Iran and asked for talks between the two countries. PUC Rejects Truckers' Bid For Fee Hike HARRISBURG (UPI)t- The Public Utility Commission has rejected petitions from two major truck groups asking that the commission's 6 percent fuel surcharge be more than doubled. The petitions had been filed by the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association of Camp Hill and the Fraternal Association of Steel and Special Haulers of Pittsburgh. Both contended PUC surcharge, authorized Jue 21, 1979, should be patterned on the Interstate Commerce Commission's surcharge formula for interstate trackers. The ICC formula, varying weekly with recalculation of fuel costs, is currently at approximately 13 percent.

"We cannot," the PUC said yesterday, "merely adopt the ICC fuel surcharge procedure where the circumstances under which it is being applied interstate differ substantially from the existing circumstances of intrastate trucking operations. "We viewed the surcharge, which had not been specifically justified by the carrier, as a temporary measure to meet unusual circumstances and not as a permanent continually increasing element of property carrier the commission said. The PUC said the ICC appears to hold the same view and is now considering various alternatives to its current surcharge system. "We realize," said the commission, "that carrier revenues must reflect increasing costs and we urge carriers to fully compensate their agents for increasing fuel expenses. "However, we conclude that we should not modify our 1979 order at this time." Prtu ktMfMMMl Ronald Reagan is likely next week to capture the delegates needed for the GOP nomination, and President Carter does not want to debate with Sen.

Edward Kennedy no matter what the Massachusetts Democrat offers in return. Kennedy said yesterday that if Carter debates and then defeats him in the June 3 primaries, he will drop out of the 1980 race a development the White House, wary of a divisive Democratic convention, would welcome. Camera OK By LAWRENCE WALSH A local TV station and four state news organizations have asked the state Supreme Court for permission to film and record criminal jury trials. Newspaper and TV cameras and radio tape-recording equipment are now allowed at non-jury cases in the civil division of Common Pleas Court under a limited one-year experiment approved last fall by the high court Asked In Crime Trials Strike By 330 Slows Service At Equitable debate challenge in California yesterday, asking Reagan to deba.e nun in the front-runner's home ite as the two candidates debated in Bush's home state, Texas. Bosh will visit Michigan today, getting a jump on Reagan, who starts a three-day swing there tomorrow.

Meanwhile, independent presidential candidate John Anderson filed more than 27,000 signatures yesterday to try to get on North Carolina's November ballot. Anderson has previously submitted signatures in four states Utah, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Michigan. His backers today planned to file petitions in Ohio, even though the state's March 20 filing date passed before Anderson quit the GOP race. They expect the petition to be rejected and that would let them challenge the filing deadline in court Congress Okays Added Funds For Food Stamps (Continued from Pago A-l) number of heroin addicts in the city or surrounding area, officials say, but the sales volume appears to be heavy enough to easily support hundreds, perhaps thousands, of users. As far as Buford is concerned, "heroin is still number one.

It's still our biggest Eroblem," although he says cocaine has egun to rival horse in price and popularity. "A half-spoon of coke used to sell for $150, now it's down to $85 to $50." County police Superintendent Robert Kroner said his investigations have seen "an increase in the white heroin from the Orient, although some of the brown is still seen, too." But Kroner noted his main concern is with suburban law enforcment, where heroin is not as big a concern as cocaine and counterfeit Qualuude tablets. Buford has seen the heroin traffic in the city go from white to brown and back to white again. "It went to the Mexican brown after they broke up the French Connection, but in the past two years all the major dealers have gone back to the white stuff." The French Connection was the pipeline for Turkish heroin into the UJS. in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

It was eventually shot down through law enforcement efforts and a ban on opium production by the Turkish government At the height of the French Connec tion, about eight metric tons of Turkish heroin was put on the international market each year. Today, DEA officials estimate at least 60 metric tons could be on its way to the market to this country through processing labs in Iran, Pakistan, Italy and Amsterdam. Peter Bensinger, head of the DEA, says the turmoil in the Middle East, Sarticularly Iran, makes turning the ow off at the source virtually impossible. "I would expect to see the overdose rate go up on the East Coast first and, despite the best efforts of our agency and the U.S. Customs Service it's going to be very difficult to stem the tide when the source country is so ineffective." President, Chairman Appointed By Time NEW YORK (UPI) J.

Richard Munro will become president and chief executive of Time, on Oct. 1, succeeding Chairman Andrew Heiskell, who will attain the mandatory retirement age of 65 on that date, the company has announced. At the same time, the company said yesterday, James R. Sheplev will give up Time's presidency but will continue as chairman of the board's executive committee and chairman of the Washington Star subsidiary. Arthur Temple will continue as vice-chairman of the board.

1-! UP1 Tttostiols will be the truest test of this campaign," Kennedy said. "If there is such a debate, then I will regard the June 3 primaries as a referendum and I will abide by the results that day. In the Republican contest, Reagan continued his march to the nomination. He now has more than 900 delegates and could well reach the magic number of 998, the amount needed for the nomination, in Tuesday's primaries in Oregon and Michigan. His rival, George Bush, also issued a many non-jury civil cases because of the "limited interest to the public" in such matters.

Although local newspapers, TV and radio stations have covered such things as the county controller's surcharge case against three former coroners, various strikes and attempts to impeach Mayor Richard Caliguin, those cases were called "relatively brief episodes." "Lack of newsworthiness has militated against more general courtroom coverage by the broadcast media, said the petition submitted by WTAE-TV, the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters, the Radio Television News Directors Association, and the First Amendment Coalition, a national organization of news reporters that deals with court cases affecting the media. "Despite the limited coverage, the use of cameras has been uniformly found to be non-disruptive of courtroom proceedings and (the cameras) have not affected the conduct of judges, attorneys, or witnesses," the petition said. The media organizations said "a fair test of the use of cameras in the courtroom should include both civil and criminal jury trials, subject to the discretion of the trial judge." Such a policy is now in effect in other states, they added. Anyone who objects to being photographed must not be and the trial judge has the final decision as to what can be filmed and when. The high court's order last fall specifically excluded cameras from criminal proceedings, support, custody and divorce cases.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the constitutionality of TV coverage of criminal The nation's top court will hear arguments on a case this fall in which two former policemen from Florida will argue that TV coverage of their burglary case denied them a fair trial. District Blacks Honor Malcolm The Malcolm Commemoration Committee will hold a public forum tonight and a cultural festival tomorrow in observance of the birthday Monday of the late black leader. A forum on "The Crisis of Black Leadership" is scheduled for 7:30 tonight at the Homewood Library auditorium, Hamilton and Lang avenues. Among the panelists will be Dr.

Jake Milliones, school board director, City Councilman Bill Robinson and Mrs. Mattie Stone of Homewood-Brushton Concerned Citizens. Tome row's festival will begin at 6 p.m. at the Centre Avenue YMCA and feature films, poetry and jazz jam session. Ccnemaugh Hospital Damaged In Blaze JOHNSTOWN (UPI) Approximately 92 patients at the Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital in this Cambria County city were moved to other floors when a fire broke out in a basement wall.

Officials said the fire apparently started in the electrical system in a basement wall yesterday, sending smoke and fumes up duct work to upper floors, of the eight-story structure. There were no injuries. s-The 330 clerical and technical employees of the Equitable Gas Co. went on strike at midnight last night when their three-year contract expired. Service employees are not affected by the strike, and the company expects no major interruption of its service to customers.

Job Office Opens In Monroeville The State Department of Labor will open its 17th Job Service area office Monday in Suite 212 in the East Court Office Complex of Monroeville Mall. The office will serve more than 150,000 residents and 3,000 employers in Monroeville, Murrysville, Penn Hills, Plum, Pitcairn, Trafford, Turtle Creek, Wall, Wilkins and Wilmerding. Charles J. Hamilton, regional director of Job Service offices, said the Monroeville branch will provide employment services in all occupational and professional categories for all industrial and business needs. Hamilton urged job seekers to register for employment at the office, where local employers are requested to place their job orders.

American non-interference in southwest Asia, as "cosmetic" and without any real commitment He said the Soviets want the United States "to recognise the present puppet government in Afghanistan," installed By the Red Army after a coup against the previous Marxist regime in Kabul. Muskie met briefly with the Austrian U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim yesterday to discuss the Iran crisis and today bad talks with the foreign ministers of Britain and France which with the Soviet Union and the United States were the four signatories of the Austrian State Treaty ending Austria's occupation and guaranteeing its neutrality. A ceremony celebrating the signing took place yesterday. Fire Truce OK'd In Nashville NASHVILLE, Tenn.

(UPI) The union representing more than 1,000 firefighters has reached a tentative agreement with city officials, accepting almost the same contract offer made before firemen left their jobs 10 days ago. Firefighters walked off their jobs last Wednesday after union leaders stormed out of a negotiating session with the city, unable to get a "yes-or-no" answer on their demand for a 28 percent pay hike. Threatened with fines and arrest, the strikers returned to work at 6 a.m. Tuesday for a "24-hour truce." The truce was extended each day as federal Mediator Ansel Garrett refereed talks on union demands for amnesty and mediation as conditions for a permanent settlement Yesterday's agreement came as National Guard troops, who provided the city of 500,000 with the only fire and ambulance service during the strike, were phasing out their efforts in Nashville. for all plants Foftd In the petition filed with the court late yesterday, the news organizations also asked for a six-month extension of that experiment until next March 31.

The extra time is needed, they said, "to provide a broader experience" to help the state's top court decide the future use of cameras and broadcasting equipment in courtrooms. The petition explained that TV and radio broadcasters haven't covered The employees on strike include clerical and maintenance personnel, meter readers, telephone operators and customer service representatives. Members of Local 1956 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers voted to strike by a 3-to-l margin last night, a company spokeswoman said. "There will be some slowness in handling phone calls and some customers may get bills based on estimated readings, she said. In addition, payment windows at the company's Downtown headquarters on the Boulevard of the Allies will be closed.

The strike is the second against Equitable this month. Sixteen employees of Operating Engineers Local 95 have been on strike at Equitable's Energy Co. plant on the North Side since May 5. The plant supplies heat and air conditioning for some of the North Side's major structures, including Allegheny Center, Allegheny General Hospital and Three Rivers Stadium. Management workers are operating the plant, and no new negotiations have been set in either walkout, the company said.

was renewed last December for the 1980 season. Common Pleas Judge Bernard J. McGowan, however, pointed out to the Dilorios' attorney, Stan Lederman, that the controversial contract didn't say how much money Snatchko would be paid for his services. That was a fatal flaw, the judge said, and the Dilorios agreed by withdrawing their suit. "I'm happy about it," said Snatchko during an interview outside the courtroom.

"I think I'm with a better organization now, and the judge's decision will allow me to concentrate on our opening game this weekend in Lower BurreU with a team from Chicago." The outcome for the Dilorios was as disappointing as the results of their season opener last weekend in Louisville, where the Kentucky Bourbons won three out of four games. The Hardhats will try to improve their record when they play the Philadelphia Athletics at Moreel Field in Aliquippa this weekend. Ra.pid.gro is the only plant food you need for everything you grow Contract Foul Foils Suit Against Softball Player And that's a simple fact! Indoors or out, vegetables, flowers, roses, trees, hedges, house plants even your lawn will grow better, and thicker, with regular use of RA-PID-GRO Plant Food! RA-PID-GRO is a high-quality plant food and SO-o-o-o-o easy to use. Just dissolve it in water, then pour or spray on your plants. The original, fast, economical and safe way to feed your plants.

Chosen by amateur and professional gardeners for over 40 years RA-PID-GRO. naturally! Available at garden centers everywhere. The owners of the Pittsburgh Hardhats Softball team have withdrawn their lawsuit against one of their former star players because the contract they had with him was invalid. Jim and Josephine Dilorio last week filed a suit in Common Pleas Court against Roger L. Snatchko for allegedly breaching his contract with them and signing on as a general manager for a rival softball team.

Snatchko, 27, of 204 Main Imperial, is now with the Pittsburgh Champions of the North American Softball League. The suit also alleged that the talented outfielder, once nicknamed "Little Snatchko," left the Hardhats at the urging of Theodore J. Stepiens of Cleveland, the millionaire owner of the Champions. The Dilorios said in their suit that Snatchko was under contract to the Hardhats in 1979 and that bis contract One Great food Piant.